www.howtogetexback.org As bad as this Great Recession is, maybe some good is coming from it. Apparently, times are so tough it is too expensive to get a divorce and couples are being forced to stay together and work it out. The story cites a survey by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, whose members are […]
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Foster Quan LLP, the nation’s second largest immigration law firm, has moved its San Antonio office from downtown on Travis Street to Oak Park at 1020 Northeast Loop 410. Foster Quan opened its San Antonio office in 2006. The new office is closer to the Department of Homeland Security District Office, and can help the […]
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In honor of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth in 1809, the San Antonio Bar Association and the San Antonio Bar Foundation are holding one heck of a par-tee! It’s the 51st Annual Law Day celebration and luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Friday at the AT&T Community Center at San Fernando Cathedral, 231 W. Commerce St. […]
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Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott reached a settlement today with a Pennsylvania-based company that made unlawful harassing and threatening phone calls to people it said were debtors. The AG charged NCO Financial Systems Inc., the world’s largest debt collector, with violating the Texas Debt Collection Act. Consumers told the AG’s investigators that NCO sometimes used […]
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Turns out getting a “Darque Tan” from a an indoor tanning bed doesn’t reduce your risk of cancer. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott Monday filed a lawsuit against Houston-based Darque Tan, a tanning salon operation and its president Robbie Segler. It also named Monica and Jason Jones, who operate two Darque Tan facilities in San […]
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It’s that time of year when the San Antonio lawyers get to sing and dance and generally be outlandish all in the name of teaching good ethics to colleagues. The 2008 Ethics Follies is Nov. 6 from 1 – 5 p.m. in the Charline McCombs Empire Theatre. This year’s performance titled “Decent’s De$cent: A New […]
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The economy may be bearish, but the legal market’s outlook is bullish, according to the latest national litigation trends survey by Fulbright & Jaworksi, an international law firm with a San Antonio office. After two years of declining lawsuit numbers, the trend is reversing with more than one-third of corporate lawyers expecting an increase in […]
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File photo Langley & Banack partner Sylvia Cardona has corraled colleagues to head into high schools statewide starting this week at Harlandale High. Members of the Texas Young Lawyers Association, for which she is president, hope to inspire students to fulfill their civic duty this November. Next stop for the voting bus: Judson High. Read […]
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Cast of the 2007 Ethics Follies. The South/Central Texas Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel is opening its annual conference in November to law firms and corporate executives. For 10 years it was usually just open to in-house lawyers but Enron, Tyco and the like have prompted the organization to open things up this […]
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